School and library opportunity · Solicitation
Antennas, UPS battery backup and firewalls for Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools
270003308 · Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools · E-Rate (USAC)
! Responses due Nov 30, 2026, 1:00 AM ET · 23 days left
- Agency
- Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools
- Responses due
- Nov 30, 2026, 1:00 AM ET
- Posted
- Nov 2, 2026
- NAICS code
- Not listed
- Set-aside
- None
- Place of performance
- Ia
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation number
- 270003308
- Official notice
- View on E-Rate (USAC) →
What the agency is buying
E-Rate competitive bidding notice (FCC Form 470 #270003308, funding year 2027). Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools, a school district in IA, asks service providers for bids.
Send your bid by November 29, 2026: the applicant may sign a contract from the allowable contract date, November 30, 2026.
To be paid through E-Rate, a provider needs a SPIN (FCC Form 498).
Services requested:
• Category 2, Basic Maintenance Of Internal Connections: Firewall Service And Components (quantity 1 Each, make Fortinet, 7 entities)
• Category 2, Internal Connections: Antennas, Connectors, And Related Components (quantity 30 Each, make Ruckus Or Equivalent, 7 entities)
• Category 2, Internal Connections: Uninterruptable Power Supply/Battery Backup And Necessary Software And Licenses (quantity 18 Each, make Eaton Or Equivalent)
• Category 2, Internal Connections: Antennas, Connectors, And Related Components (quantity 52 Each, make Eaton Or Equivalent)
• Category 2, Internal Connections: Antennas, Connectors, And Related Components (quantity 1608 Each, make No Preference, 7 entities)
• Category 2, Internal Connections: Antennas, Connectors, And Related Components (quantity 8 Each, make Fortinet Or Equivalent, 7 entities)
• Category 2, Internal Connections: Firewall Service, Components, And Necessary Software And Licenses (quantity 1 Each, make Fortinet Or Equivalent)
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Category 2 details: Category 2
Funding Year 2027
Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools BEN: 16038318 is requesting bids for the following E-Rate Category 2 eligible hardware, licensing, configuration & installation.
Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS):
18 Units - 5P1500R - Eaton 5P 1500VA Rackmount (1440VA / 1100W, 120V input with NEMA 5-15P plug, 5x5-15R outlets. (or equivalent)
18 Units - Network-M3 - Eaton Gigabit Network Card (M3) (or equivalent)
SFP Modules:
12 Units - 10G-SFPP-LR (Ruckus Compatible) (or equivalent)
18 Units - 10G-SFPP-SR (Ruckus Compatible) (or equivalent)
4 Units - FN-TRAN-SFP+LR (Fortinet Compatible) (or equivalent)
4 Units -FN-TRAN-SFP+SR (Fortinet Compatible) (or equivalent)
Firewall:
1 - FG-201G-BDL-950-60 FortiGate-201G Hardware plus 5 year FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection (UTP)
1 - FortiGate-201G 5 Year FortiAnalyzer Cloud: cloud-based central logging & analytics
Cabling:
12 Units - Eaton SRCABLEVRT6HD cable management for 2 post rack. (or equivalent)
40 Units - Eaton SRCABLEDUCT1UHD - 1U high-capacity horizontal cable manager (or equivalent)
Connectors:
1,584 CAT6e patch cables - #15140, Monoprice SlimRun Cat6 (28AWG) (or equivalent)
8 Units - Multimode (SR) 3 ft. fiber patch cable
4 Units - Multimode (SR) 10ft. fiber patch cable
8 Units - Single Mode (LR) 3 ft. fiber patch cable
4 Units - Single Mode (LR) 10 ft.fiber patch cable.
Bids must itemize:
(a). cost of equipment
(b). cost of installation separately for each equipment grouping, if applicable; and
(c). cost of taxes/fees/shipping, if applicable.
Bids shall include specific make and model of equipment, as well as the SKU of each piece of equipment. Bids must specify terms of the manufacturers warranty and what the license term is (if applicable).
Any cost ineligible for E-Rate reimbursement must be clearly identified and itemized on the bid.
If submitting a bid for equipment that is or equivalent to equipment listed on this form 470, the service provider shall submit evidence of equivalency. The applicant will make a final determination of equivalence and interoperability with existing equipment.
The make/model bid(s) must be for new equipment that is the most current model(s) available.
If the bid includes software licenses, the bid shall designate whether the licenses are internal connections (IC) or if the software licenses are basic maintenance of internal connections (BMIC).
If the bid includes installation for new equipment, the bid must specify the installers city and state.
Bid evaluations may include points for service providers with a local presence or office within 150 miles.
Bid evaluations may include points for service providers who provide a complete solution. e.g., the bid presented is inclusive of all requested components and services.
Bidders must be willing to provide E-Rate discounted billing (form 474/SPI invoicing) and to include this statement in the proposal.
Robo-bids and bids sent as SPAM without regard to products and services listed on the Form 470 and/or the RFP will be disqualified and will not be evaluated.
The applicant reserves the right to cancel this request for bids and to reject all related proposals.
Prices need to be held firm through the duration of the 2027 E-Rate Category 2 installation period (from date of bid to September 30, 2028).
This project is dependent upon receiving an E-Rate funding commitment decision letter.
The deadline for service provider proposals is 9:00 am Central time, 29 days after the date this Form 470 is posted.
Bid evaluation may take place anytime after the deadline for proposals up to the last day of the E-Rate funding window.
The applicant reserves the right to reject late-submitted proposals.
No phone calls or texts. For documentation purposes all communication is required to be via email.
Proposals must be e-mailed to the Form 470 contact. [email protected]
State or local procurement rules: Please include SPIN in the bid. No phone calls or texts.
Applicant reserves the right to reject late submitted bids.
Inquiries asking the applicant to consider purchasing other services that are not included on the Form 470 will not be considered legitimate inquiries or proposals. Questions that seek information readily available on the Form 470 will not be answered.
The FCC Lowest Corresponding Price rule prohibits an E-rate services offeror from offering or charging E-rate applicants a price higher than the lowest price the offeror charges to non-residential customers who are similarly situated to a particular school, library, rural health care provider or consortium that purchase directly from the offeror.
By submitting a bid on the requested services herein, the service provider certifies its proposed prices are consistent with the FCCs Lowest Corresponding Price (LCP) requirements and that its equipment and services are compliant with the FCCs recent Order (FCC 19-121) prohibiting the sale, provision, maintenance, modification, or other support of equipment or services provided or manufactured by Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hangzhou, Dahua, Pacific Network Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited or any other covered company deemed a national security threat.
Service providers are reminded of the E-Rate gift restrictions in 47 CFR 54.503(d).
Eligible entities: 8.
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